Another technique is to analyze each sentence to see if what you wrote is likely to have appeared in anyone else’s work. Since no one has the same experiences as you, your work should express your unique voice and your individual thoughts. And sometimes we resort to clichés when we haven...
In the times of the Roman Empire, the area called Provincia Britannia was populated by people called Britons. Britannia included England and Wales, but for the most part did not include Scotland. Hadrian's Wall, which was essentially the northern border of Britannia, was built in the current-...
Music’s contribution to the global economy, at the headline level, looks rather dull. Even in the US and UK, the world’s two largest music exporters, its share of national income is less than 1 per cent. This has nudged up, little by little, since the 1970s. But the aggregate numb...
❚SO WHERE MAY TODAY’Syoung Neo Romantic seek inspiration if he or she wishes to aim beyond the slap and the zhoosh to summon up solar-powered charisma of Blitz Kid proportions? The answer is in the UK right now (Soho Theatre Londonthis week,The Arches in Glasgownext) and he is an ...
What was Scotland originally called? The Gaels gave Scotland its name from'Scoti', a racially derogatory term used by the Romans to describe the Gaelic-speaking 'pirates' who raided Britannia in the 3rd and 4th centuries. They called themselves 'Goidi l', modernised today as Gaels, and late...
, oasis projected a glamorous image of englishness that was potent enough to stoke the cool britannia fancies of those north american anglophiles who make trips to specialty shoppes to load up on dairy milk bars, but (unlike blur) not so colloquial as to alienate the heartland. it’s the ...
4. Great Britain Gold Britannia Coin The British Royal Mint is among the oldest minting facilities in the world—the aforementioned Austrian Mint can claim to be the oldest—but the Gold Britannia coin is one of the newer entries on the list. It debuted in 1987 and was once made from an...
(and, arguably, the last great era in music since the irrevocable decline took hold), the '90s are something of a paradox. On the one hand, boy and girl bands such as Take That and The Spice Girls dominated the world stage, yet the Cool Britannia swagger of Brit Pop also swept ...
The song “Rule, Britannia!” was written in the 18th century, as a response to the infamous War of Jenkins’ Ear. The shift from the imperative “Britannia, rule the waves” to the “vulgarly misquoted” statement “Britannia rules the waves” took place in the 19th century; Livingstone...
The Roman Empire conquered land at a previously unparalleled rate, within the known world, affecting its institutions from the rest of the Empire’s prevalence. From Hispania to Britannia sweeping across the mediterranean, gaining Egypt, ending in Persia; the absorption of Carthage and North Africa...